11.Green is an important color in nature.It is also the color of most growing plants.Sometimes the word green means young,fresh and growing.Sometimes it describes something that is not yet ripe ( 成熟的) or ?nished.For example,a greenhorn is someone who has no experience,who is new to a situation,in the fifteenth century,a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed.A century or so later,a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle.By the eighteenth century,a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job.
Someone who has the ability.-to grow plants well is said to have.a green thumb.The expression comes from the early 1900s.A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well.You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains.The new plants produced much larger crops.The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.‘
Green is also the color used to describe the powerful emotion,jealousy( (嫉妒 ).The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space.It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants.A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else.Or,that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay raise and she does not.'
59.From the second paragraph,we can conclude(得出结论) thatC.
A.a greenhorn refers to (指的是) a horn of a young cow or ox
B.a word has different meanings in the same century.
C.the language develops with time going by
D.a greenhorn means a soldier who hasn't had any experience in battle today
60.If a person has a green thumb,he or she probablyB.
A.suffers from an illness in the thumb
B.does well in growing plants
C.has a thumb in green color
D.has wonderful magic and energy
61.If Green has a beautiful dress that Mary likes very much,D
A.Green may suffer from the green-eyed monster-
B.Mary is probably a girl with a green thumb
C.Green is probably called a greenhorn.
D.Mary may suffer from the green-eyed monster.
分析 文章大意:这是一篇说明文,主要介绍绿色是自然界中一种重要的颜色.它是树叶和青草的颜色.还介绍了与绿色有关词语的意思.有时,意思是年轻的,新鲜和成长.有时,它也描述了一些尚未完成的或不成熟的植物.有时,它指园艺才能很出色.有时,它还指嫉妒等.
解答 59.答案:C.细节理解题.根据第二段段意"人们常常称那些可以把植物培育的很好的人为"园艺好手".这种说法源于1900年代早期,那些被称为"园艺好手"的人似乎有一种可以使植物长的又好又快的魔法.你可以形容邻居家的主妇是一个"园艺好手",如果她家花园里的植物依然充满生命力而你家的早已经凋零的话.",可知,我们能够得出结论"语言随着时间的推移而发展.",选C.
60.答案:B.细节理解题.根据第二段第一句Someone who has the ability.-to grow plants well is said to have.a green thumb.人们常常称那些可以把植物培育的很好的人为"园艺好手".可知,如果一个人有园艺天赋,他或她可能在种植植物方面表现得很好.选B.
61.答案:D.细节理解题.根据最后一句A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else.Or,that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay raise and she does not.一个年轻人很有可能会感到"嫉妒"---如果他的女朋友和别人在一起.或者,当你加薪而你的朋友没有时,他很可能会感到"嫉妒".可知,如果格林有一件漂亮衣服玛丽也非常喜欢.可知,玛丽可能患有嫉妒.选D.
点评 阅读题型,要注重句子与句子之间、段落与段落之间逻辑关系以及对篇章的整体理解.根据所给问题选择正确选项完成试题.